Lust, Caution, and Enlightenment: A Reexamination of Su Wukong’s Sexuality in Xiyou ji

The formation of the character of Sun Wukong has remained one of the most controversial issues in the field of Xiyou ji studies. While acknowledging that different strands might have fed into the image of Sun Wukong in the sixteenth- century novel Xiyou ji (Journey to the West), this paper calls att...

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Main Author: Hao, Ji (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: American Oriental Society 2021
In: Journal of the American Oriental Society
Year: 2021, Volume: 141, Issue: 4, Pages: 911-930
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